Thursday, October 18, 2007

Hip Hop vs America

Why is Hip Hp under attack? Why the American society has targeted it? Does Hip Hop embody a bad image? Does it insult other? Why should they take all the blame?
Between Hip Hop and street gangs or crimes, is no correlation. I could even say ZERO. Hip Hop just rhymes about street gangs, about the society how bad it is. They don’t make it bad. They do not influence any minorities. Hip Hop itself it is influenced by the world around. And how come America is going to stand up now, and blame Hip Hop for street violence and many more, when actually Hip Hop sings about what is going on in the world. The government should first take care of that, and then take responsibility about what Hip Hop is about.
Some artist chose their own style, their own words, and it is already to the public to be the audience. If an artist chooses to write about in the streets, well let it be. A lot of people will be able to relate to that, because it is the reality. If an artist picks to write about money, and power, let it be.
Now you are going to wonder bout the words that has created a contraversary. Hoes, Bitched… hmm what they mean to each individual, it will be taken differently. Hip Hop does not put the women’s value down. Just think about this. How many times you found yourself in a circle, and a woman will call on her female friend, a bitch. Was that attributed towards her negatively? Probably not. But then why when it comes to Hip Hop lyrics it is a battle of disrespect. I am not saying that some rappers should not be responsibility for what they say, yes there are some. And there should be probably an extended limit.
Also, how can u judge an artist only by a video? 0Ohh big deal, there are half naked women n the video. By the way, those women were not forced to be portrayed like that in the video. They had a choose. If they choose to be exposed and carry themselves like that, then let it be. Don’t judge a rapper by a 4 minute video, and you can already jump to a conclusion about their life, or personality, based only upon that video. Only!
Was Hip Hop only, or is Hip Hop only addressed to colored people. Nope, it never was. Hip Hop was created from different genres of music, funk, jazz, pop and has created this awesome, powerful genre, called Hip Hop. It is a multi cultural music that was created in the West and over time has influenced the Eastern nations. A colored person listens to it, Hispanic, white, Chinese, Indian, European, Jewish, you name it, and it is there.
Now, about how it is attacked. Drug abuse is a huge issue. Just face it. Racism is built in our minds, even though you do not realize it. It affects our cognitive thinking and it is conditioned by the cultural deficiency. The statistics showed that when asked the US population to describe a crack head, how it looks like; 90% described as African American male. Is just that a coincidence to my topic or it does represent it. And when you look at the statistics of the drug use in Seattle, 71% is white that abuse cocaine. The rest are Black and Hispanic. Then explain why the rate of arrest it is 60% being black? Is it because the prototype we have in our mind affects the way we picture a drug user, could it be because of the space open, that white people will not get caught because they intend to do it in a close place, where Hispanic and black are doing more in the open?
Does this somehow link that Hip Hop is being under attack. Look at the latest news. Lil Wayne was arrested because he was found with marijuana and some other illegal substances. Why him? Why did he get caught? And I bet that the society will do so many things so that they can close him or put him on probation for more than 3 years. When meanwhile Lindsay Lohan when she was accused for the possession of cocaine, she poor girl had one year probation. Big deal. Why so?
This is causing anger in me. I want to stand up for Hip Hop, and give a punch in the face to the society to wake up, and stop being so prejudicial.
[sorry for writing a lot, but still not enough. I will need sources to back up. Hahah this is just me, my opinion]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hip Hop is dead, i loved the arguements you raised though.

man of your dreams

Jolie_Stella said...

HIP HOP aint DEAD
> dont make me argue about that